Is the Champions Trophy just a waste of time this year?

Would be interested to see what people think about this touny. My personal view is that it is just a waste of time, which may not even have the very best players competing.
A tournament just a few months before the World Cup of this size just seems excessive.

Its always a waste of time, but having it so close to the World Cup makes its even more clearly so. If they must have it, have it every four years, staggered from the world cup by two years, like the summer and winter olympics...

Originally Posted by Irfan

We may not like you, your filthy rich coffers or your ratbag scum of supporters but by god do we respect you as a football team